Determining the Students' Knowledge Levels and Educational Needs on Reproductive Health Who Have Just Begun to Faculty of Nursing

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Youth are at high risk for reproductive health problems and adolescent health monitoring has entered a new routine during family medicine follow-ups Our study was planned in order to determine the students' knowledge level and educational needs on reproductive health who have just begun to Faculty of Nursing. METHODS: A questionnaire was applied by face-to-face interview method to the students who had recently registered to Hacettepe University Nursing Faculty in the 2019-2020 academic year in this descriptive study. In the evaluation of the data, the mean and standard deviation for continuous variables and frequency table for qualitative data were used. The Chi-square test was used to test the relationship between qualitative data. Statistical analysis was done with the SPSS v.23 package program. RESULTS: 120 students were included in the study. The school (75.80%) was in the first place among students' sources of information on reproductive health. The most common contraceptive method was the pill (80.80%). The most common answer to the question of what sexually transmitted diseases are was the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (85.80%). The most wanted topic to learn was sexually transmitted diseases with 51.70%. There was no statistically significant relationship between students' age, gender, economic status, the school they graduated from, and their level of knowledge. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Young people don't have sufficient and correct knowledge about reproductive health. More attention should be given to planning their training. In addition, the family physician, who monitors adolescents between the ages of 10-21 and provides counseling services on reproductive health, plays an especially important role to acquire accurate and reliable information.

Keywords

• knowledge
• adolescent
• nursing faculty
• students
• reproductive health.